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Big bass, great look

MTX Terminator subwoofers sound as good as they look. And they look pretty cool, with classic MTX subwoofer styling that adds a professional look in almost any vehicle. If you're looking for big bass at a bargain price, you'll be impressed by what the Terminator sub has to offer.

MTX engineering

Trickle-down technology makes the Terminator TN12-04 12" sub a serious value. MTX's exclusive spider plateau venting pushes air in and out of the inner works to keep the 1-1/2" voice coil cool, while the Assymetrical Linear Drive System uses a flat, progressive spider and an extended pole piece to produce smooth, linear movement of the polypropylene cone. The result is a powerful sub that keeps pumping out accurate bass, even during extended, high-level play.

To drive this single subwoofer, we recommend a mono amplifier rated between 120 and 225 watts RMS at 4 ohms. For more information, please refer to our article on How to Match Subwoofers and Amplifiers.

Product Highlights:

12" 4-ohm subwoofer

polypropylene woofer cone with rubber surround

power range: 100-200 watts RMS (400 watts peak power)

frequency response: 24 Hz - 160 Hz

sensitivity: 86.6 dB

top mount depth: 5.44"

cut out diameter: 11.08"

volume displacement: 30.92 cubic inches

sealed box volume: 1.25 cubic feet

ported box volume: 2.00 cubic feet

warranty: 5 years (free repair or replacement for 2 years; prorated replacement for years 3 through 5)

What's a component sub and why would I want one?

A component sub is simply a speaker that's designed to reproduce bass once it's installed in a compatible enclosure. Think about the impact of a movie soundtrack in a big theater or even in your own home HDTV setup. A component sub can add the same kind of power to the music in your car. And a car sub is not all about the boom that you hear on a street corner (although that's cool too) - you can pair a component sub with your choice of enclosure to get bass just the way you like it, from tight and punchy to fat and loose. And once you experience music in your car with a well-tuned subwoofer, you'll never go back.

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Features

Spider Plateau Venting: Heat from the voice coil is vented
through vents that surround the back of the spider. As the woofer travels back
and forth, cool air is pulled in and heated air is pushed out.

Asymmetrical Linear Drive System (ALDS): The Asymmetrical
Linear Drive System consists of a flat, progressive spider that improves
suspension and an extended pole piece that smoothes out the cone's linear
motion. The result is high output and low distortion.

Enclosure Compatibility

Sealed Box: For the best possible sound quality where space
is a premium MTX recommends a sealed enclosure with an internal volume of 1.25
ft³. Sealed enclosures provide the most control over a woofer, will handle a lot
of power, and provide accurate sonic reproduction, making them suitable to all
types of music.

Vented Box: The recommended vented box has a net internal
volume of 2.0 ft³ with a slot port 14" x 2" x 16-3/4". Vented
(or ported) enclosures typically provide better overall efficiency than sealed
so they are suitable for use with smaller amplifiers, giving you more bass output
from less power.

Warranty

5 Year Warranty Terms: This product carries a 5-Year Prorated
Warranty with the following terms:

Years 1-2: Products found to be defective in materials
or workmanship during the first two years will be, at Mitek's option,
repaired or replaced by Mitek at no charge. The warranty period does not
renew, but continues on from the original date of purchase.

Years 3-5: The purchase price of an item which becomes
defective after the first two years and prior to the end of the warranty
period will be prorated and credited toward the purchase of a new MTX
product. The amount of proration is determined by dividing the original
purchase price by the number of months in the warranty period (60), then
multiplying the result by the number of months remaining in the warranty
period.

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Best bang for your buck

I have owned at least 10 of theese mtx terminator subs, and i have never had one blow on me, even throwing up to 1000watts rms on 2 in a box. They look clean, are very tough and the spider web coiling makes theese things basically heat proof. Even in the texas heat in my black car the amps would blow before theese puppys stopped barking. Overall good quality cheap and worth every cent. Small magnet but loud for its size. Sub is underratted for sure. Can handle twice what specs are

Pros:Lightweight, heat resistant, looks clean. Works well in almost any setup, cheap and efficent

Good cheap sub

Crutchfield has a lot of articles with excellent information and that helped me decide this sub. I read the articles, did the calculations and matched this sub to my amp and I am very happy with the sound. At first it was a little boomy but I read another article on how to balance and properly set the gain and crossovers on the amp and it made a big difference. Thank you Crutchfield for making so much information available .

mtx terminator

Written By joelc, washington on Tuesday, March 05, 2013

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the mtx terminators are very nice. i just bought 2 12s from a friend and that stuff bumps. i also have a sony xplod and with my 2 12s and my xplod i have in my bedroom i can walk outside in my hallway to stuff falling over on the ground.

Pros:they bump hard and look very good in a nice box

Cons:the mtx terminator amp isnt that great. its a 400 watt and needs to be upgraded